Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1916 — LIVES ON CORN NINE DAYS [ARTICLE]

LIVES ON CORN NINE DAYS

Ohio Workman Nearly Dieo as Result of his Accidental Nap In Freight Car. Chicago.—“l feel like a hors*, I guess,” said Michael Dezich when they brought him before Judge Flanagan in the South Chicago police court, wherek upon he gave an imitation of one* of the genus equus having blind staggers. Michael had been living on shelled corn for nine days and was so weak he could hardly stand. Ho says there is nothing in this “corr fed” stuff. Michael halls from Steubenville, 0., where he works for the Carnegie Steel company, he told the judge, exhibiting his working identification check as proof. A week ago last Saturday night, he explained, he worked overtime. He passed a few hours in endeavors to drown out the recollection of the occurrence, and it was Sunday when he crawled into a loaded Pennsylvania box car and fell asleep. His snores failed to reach the grain inspectors, who locked and sealed the car door. Today a railroad policeman patrolling the South Chicago yards heard him pounding on the car door and yelling feebly for help. The officer pried open the door and arrested him as “disorderly." The judge dismissed the charge and the courtroom attaches took up a collection to buy Mike a square meal. Doctor Carlin, ambulance physician, blocked the plan temporarily. “Not yet,” he said, "have to begin easy. A glass of milk." “Lord!” said the convalescent, ‘‘it’s lucky it wasn’t a carload of coal!"